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Viewpoint: 5 reasons there’s a ‘civil war’ brewing between organic food advocates

Brian Barth | 
There’s something of a civil war brewing in the organic movement. On one side are industry boosters boasting about how ...
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Pesticide-carrying bees help cut synthetic chemical use on farms

Ben Paynter | 
Bees are great at retrieving tiny cargo: their main job is to visit flowering plants in order to gather pollen ...
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Paris bans synthetic pesticides as French anti-chemical movement ‘gains momentum’

Paris and four other French cities on [September 12] banned the use of synthetic pesticides within their boundaries, as an ...
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Pesticides don’t pose acute health risk to honeybees foraging on farmland, two-year study finds

Jon Zawislak | 
Honey bees forage across a large area, continually scouting the local landscape for ephemeral food resources. Beekeepers often rely on ...
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Viewpoint: Organic or conventional produce? Doesn’t matter—just eat more fruits and vegetables

Beth Skwarecki | 
All fruits and vegetables are good for you, but when people start talking about how to eat healthy, the word ...
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Podcast: Do it for the kids? Federal children’s health research grants fund anti-pesticide, organic food activism

Angela Logomasini, Cameron English | 
How would taxpayers feel about funding organic food activism masquerading as children's health research? ...
Viewpoint: Eat 1,500 strawberries in one sitting—and pesticides still won't harm you

Viewpoint: Eat 1,500 strawberries in one sitting—and pesticides still won’t harm you

Julie Gunlock | 
Can you identify which of the following is NOT true about pesticides? A: Pesticides are extremely dangerous to humans. B: ...
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EU urges member states to ban insecticide chlorpyrifos, citing potential threat to children’s health

Kayla Sharpe | 
The European Commission will put forward a proposal to EU countries not to renew the license for the pesticide chlorpyrifos ...
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Gene-silencing biopesticide targets harmful insects without threatening pollinators

Sean Barton | 
A natural, sustainable alternative to pesticides that targets specific pests, without harming beneficial pollinators such as honeybees, is being developed ...
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Microorganisms could help rid soil of lingering pesticides

Narendra Kumar | 
Pesticides have been widely used after the Second World War in management of weeds, diseases and pests of plants. Most ...
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Podcast: Food 5.0—GMOs, robots and the future of farming with agronomist Robert Saik

Cameron English, Robert Saik | 
The high efficiency of modern agriculture has a downside: most consumers don't know the first thing about farming ...
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Viewpoint: Eating organic is a ‘personal choice,’ but pricier produce won’t make you healthier

Toby Amidor | 
Many folks automatically assume that organic equals healthier. But have you ever wondered if the product you're most likely paying ...
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Denied access to neonicotinoid insecticides, UK farmers scramble to control deadly plant virus

Lucy de la Pasture | 
Controlling the spread of plant viruses has just got harder with the demise of neonicotinoid seed treatments putting the emphasis ...
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Roundworm pheromones could boost crop pest resistance, cut chemical use

Protecting crops from pests and pathogens without using toxic pesticides has been a longtime goal of farmers. Researchers at Boyce ...
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Organic produce consumption lowers pregnant women’s exposure to some pesticides, small study suggests

Organic versus conventional foods: are they really better for people’s health? Are all organic foods created equal, and if not, ...
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Farming without pesticides could double crop losses, boost global food prices, UK economist warns

The average UK family grocery bill could increase by more than [$977] over the course of a year without the ...
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Pesticide exposure boosts cancer risk in farmers? Busting one of social media’s favorite agriculture myths

Carol Burns | 
Did you hear? Farmers have less cancer overall than the general population .... Nearly 10 years ago .... U.S. Agricultural ...
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High-yielding wheat boosts chemical use? Study busts popular farming myth

The myth that modern wheat varieties are more heavily reliant on pesticides and fertilizers is debunked by new research published ...
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Viewpoint: Guardian (UK) ‘Toxic America’ series: Anti-chemical activism masquerades as science journalism

Andrew Porterfield, Jon Entine | 
So far, they’ve published no article by or in-depth interview with an actual scientist ...
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EPA moves to streamline process for evaluating pesticide impacts on endangered species

[June 6] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler hosted [a panel of federal regulators] to discuss improving the ...
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Biopesticide spinosad, popular in organic farming, may harm honeybees, study shows

VerenaChristen | 
Bees have experienced substantial colony losses, which were often associated with insecticides. Besides synthetic insecticides biological compounds such as spinosad ...
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How NPR, Washington Post, Bloomberg and other media botched reporting on EPA’s ‘ban’ of 12 ‘bee-killing’ neonicotinoid insecticides

Cameron English, Jon Entine | 
If headlines are the measure, groups claiming bees are endangered by misuse of pesticides just scored a significant victory ...
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‘Green wave’: Environmentalist gains in EU elections could cut farmer access to key pesticides

Abi Kay | 
The ‘green wave’ which saw environmentalist parties make major gains across the continent in the European elections could threaten the ...
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Viewpoint: ‘Toxic’ chemicals fueled post-WWII economic boom in the United States—here’s why that’s a problem

McKay Jenkins | 
[B]efore [World War II], the vast majority of Americans lived in cities, or they lived on farms. Suddenly, with all ...
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Glyphosate-cancer lawsuits spur development of next-generation weed killers

Erik Stokstad | 
"Total fear and shock." That's how Andrew Kniss, a weed scientist at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, describes the ...
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Vinegar, Epsom salts, Dawn weed killer mix superior ‘organic’ alternatives to synthetic herbicides? ‘Nonsense,’ gardening expert says

Steve Bender | 
You know, the most wonderful thing about social media and the internet is that everything you read there is true! ...
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Reduced pesticide use in organic farming boosts manual labor as much as 35%

Nicholas Karavolias | 
Gleaming organic products have come to occupy an increasingly large portion of grocery store shelves. Many may think that compared to traditional ...
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